Background check: DWP ministers' path to glory

Rachel Dalton looks at the careers of the DWP top team.

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This week David Cameron shuffled two new ministers into the Depatment for Work and Pensions. Here's a look at the careers of the new-look team so far.

Iain Duncan Smith, secretary of state IDS has had a sparkling career as a politician. Having served in the Scots Guard from 1975 to 1981, he entered Parliament as an MP in 1992, and was the lead...

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